2024

Lisa Coleman '88
Alumni
Lisa Coleman ’88 named new president of Adler University
Coleman will support Adler's focus on producing graduates prepared to address the world's complex challenges.
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Rachael Moser
In the News
Rachael Moser ’10 is new education adviser for Oregon
Moser will coordinate K-12 agencies across the state on social and emotional investments for students.
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2023

Prof. Shiri Noy
In the News
Denison professor explores the ethics of undergraduate research
In a new study, Prof. Shiri Noy concludes institutional review boards can be helpful in undergraduate research ethics.
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Aparna Ghosh
Alumni
Aparna Ghosh '08 joins Eckerd College as prof and librarian
Aparna Ghosh .08 explores multiple branches of knowledge as Eckerd College's new assistant professor and technical services and collections librarian
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2000-year-old earthworks
Announcements & Updates
Neighboring 2000-year-old earthworks recognized by UNSECO
Prof. Brad Lepper contributes to recognition of 2000-year-old Indigenous works as UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Alumni
Mallory Cheng '19 joins Wisconsin Public Radio as host
Mallory Cheng '19 will join Wisconsin Public Radio as midday host and news producer for its new statewide podcast “Wisconsin Today.”
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Makiva McIntosh '02
Alumni
Makiva McIntosh '02 joins YWCA exec team
Makiva McIntoshv'02 joins YWCA's executive leadership as chief advancement and engagement officer.
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Kristina K. Bethea Odejimi '06
Alumni
Kristina K. Bethea Odejimi '06: Dean of students at Emory
Kristina K. Bethea Odejimi '06 joins Emory University as dean of students and associate vice president for belonging, engagement and community.
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Kenneth Bourne '16
Alumni
Book by Kenneth Bourne '16 offers help to Black male teens
"Anger Management For Black Male Teens: A Practical Guide To Help Your Teen Manage Their Emotions," draws on Kenneth Bourne's career as a social worker.
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Film Screenings
Third Annual Middle East Film Festival
Denison's Third Annual Middle East Film Festival in Herrick Hall on Thursdays at 6pm during the month of February.
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2022

Smiling girl
Faculty
Denison profs weigh in on why Black girls are seen as adults
In this podcast, three Denison professors discuss why Black girls are judged as if they're adults, which has significant ramifications today.
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Cynthia Guerrero '22
Awards & Honors
Cynthia Guerrero '22 awarded Fulbright
As a Fulbright grantee, Cynthia Guerrero '22 will serve as an English teaching assistant and cultural ambassador in Peru.
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Newly tenured faculty
Featured News
Denison welcomes 2022 newly tenured faculty
Denison University’s Board of Trustees has recently awarded tenure to six members of the faculty.
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Conferences & Symposia
Ali Imran '24 to present at conference on Muslim Futurism
Ali Imran '24 will present their summer scholar research, "Laal Husayn: The Queer Politics of Sufism and Poetic Voice in Punjab."
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2021

Barento
What's Happening
Barento Taha on Infant Mortality and Medical Racism
Taha shares his journey into public health and documentary filmmaking with journalism/English, global health and sociology classes.
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Awards & Honors
2021 President's Medalist: Jacqueline Maricela Figueroa
Jacqueline Maricela Figueroa: political science and anthropology/sociology double major, was selected as a 2021 President's Medalist.
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Faculty
Why Black girls are judged as if they're adults
Profs. Dean, Powell Sears and James discuss why Black girls like Ma'Khia Bryant are judged as if they're adults, in a Columbus Dispatch podcast.
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What's Happening
Avantaea Siefke '22 accepted to ASA Honors Program
Avantaea Siefke '22 has been accepted to the ASA Honors Program for the summer of 2021, where she will present a paper.
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What's Happening
Let's Talk: COVID-19 and Anti-Asian Racism
A panel discussion of AAPI hate crime in the wake of the Atlanta shootings that claimed eight people's lives including six Asian and Asian American women.
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Newark, Ohio
Internships
Uncovering a literary treasure
Denison students report on uncovered history of an influential Black writer in Newark
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Film Screenings
First Annual Middle East Film Festival
Ten Years to Arab Uprisings - Denison's First Annual Middle East Film Festival
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Shiri Noy, assistant professor of anthropology and sociology
Featured News
Kindness during COVID-19: Science, Religion, and Uncertainty
Prof. Shiri Noy recently was awarded a $12,500 grant to examine how religious and secular Americans view kindness in the context of COVID-19.
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Prof. Shiri Noy
Faculty
Understanding public attitudes about science and religion
Prof. Shiri Noy shares insights on political and cultural sociology in this podcast.
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2020

Internships
Summer Scholars 2020
Summer scholar research projects completed in the anthropology/sociology department in Summer 2020.
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sociology Shiri Noy
Faculty
Prof. Noy awarded grant re: moral meanings of science and religion
Denison Prof. Shiri Noy and UW-Milwaukee colleague Tim O’Brien are awarded a $55,000 grant to study the moral meanings of science and religion.
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Image of two people
Faculty
The Sociology of Development, Global Health, and COVID-19
Prof. Shiri Noy with critical insight into the differences in responses as well as lenses through which to examine the social dimensions of pandemics.
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Awards & Honors
ANSO & Comm. major Lariona Jacobs '20 wins President's Medal
Lariona Jacobs '20, an Anthropology/Sociology & Communication double major, was awarded Denison's President's Medal, the college's highest student honor.
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2020 Tenured Professors
Faculty
John Davis newly tenured professor
John Davis is a newly tenured professor.
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Autumn Goodrum-Davis '20
Students
Autumn Goodrum-Davis '20 named Fulbright finalist
Anthropology and sociology major Autumn Goodrum-Davis '20 has been named a Fulbright ETA finalist for Brazil.
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Two volunteers making masks
Alumni
Heroes Who Bear Masks
Denison alumni and faculty spearhead projects to bring facial masks — and safety — to their community.
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